Europe's Competition Commission charges Android with violating EU competition laws

[fjtorres]

Originally Posted by HarryT

Your views are somewhat blinkered; the European Commission takes action against many European tech companies whose activities are deemed not to be in the interests of the consumer. One entire industry whose activities have been massively affected by such rulings are European mobile phone operators, with the Commission forcing a dramatic reduction in international roaming charges within the EU for both voice and data.

Antitrust action? Or regulatory action?
Any 9-figure fines added on top?

[Dopedangel]

Originally Posted by HarryT

Even if found guilty, a fine would only almost certainly only result if Google refused to comply with a ruling that users should be given a choice of search engine. There's no precedent for a fine to be issued in such cases, unless the company refuses to go along with whatever the legal ruling is.

Google does allow that i think IRC verizon had bing on some of its samsung devices as default. The largest seller of android phones Samsung has its own apps as default on its devices.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by fjtorres

Antitrust action? Or regulatory action?
Any 9-figure fines added on top?

That was regulatory action, but there have been a number of hefty fines for antitrust violations. Eg Telefonica in Portugal fined €79m for a "no compete" agreement with a Spanish phone company. Way larger fines in other industries, such as a €400m fine for the German company Siemens for being involved in a price fixing cartel in the energy industry. It's simply untrue to say that American companies are being singled out; perhaps they are simply the ones that get reported in the news in the US?

[murg]

Originally Posted by HarryT

That was regulatory action, but there have been a number of hefty fines for antitrust violations. Eg Telefonica in Portugal fined €79m for a "no compete" agreement with a Spanish phone company. Way larger fines in other industries, such as a €400m fine for the German company Siemens for being involved in a price fixing cartel in the energy industry. It's simply untrue to say that American companies are being singled out; perhaps they are simply the ones that get reported in the news in the US?

fj didn't say that US firms were being targeted. He said that European firms weren't being targeted.